Breaking and Entering

First-can we talk about this cover?!
Growing up in the 70s, I was always scouring my parents’ bookshelves for ‘adult’ books. Not necessarily “dirty” but adult. This felt like one of those books —glad I didn’t read it as a 13-year old. Every character is so tragic& heartbreakingly lonely. Even if they’re rich or beautiful their lives are empty. Joy Williams’ descriptions are incredible and the trajectories she traces are all viable but damn, they are all bleak…